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The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) reports that over 500,000 workers are exposed to fumes from asphalt. Asphalt as it known in the United States, or bitumen, as it is called in many other parts of the world, is found in natural deposits or can be obtained by refining crude oil. The primary use of asphalt is for road construction where it is mixed with granular materials ...

Today, in the United States, there are a number of rules and regulations in place that are designed to protect workers from occupational exposure to lead hazards. Unfortunately, these are not always followed, putting workers and their families at risk. According to the ...

With less than a month remaining this winter season, many workers in the Northern Hemisphere have been experienced freezing weather during their daily routines. Each year, workers in a wide range of industries succumb to cold stress and in some circumstances may even develop hypothermia or frostbite. Cold stress can be encountered in many types of work environments. These ...

Occupational health specialists from Wisconsin, USA, are utilising FTIR gas analysis technology to identify and quantify both known and unknown gas species in a wide variety of applications in which workers are potentially at risk. The FTIR instrument, a Gasmet DX4040, is owned by North Shore Environmental Construction (NSEC), a specialist in the management of hazardous materials response and ...

In March, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule to further protect workers from respirable crystalline silica dust. The agency states it will reduce lung cancer, silicosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and kidney disease in workers by limiting their exposure. According to OSHA, approximately 2.3 million workers are exposed to respirable ...

Building on 20 years of customer feedback, the all-new range of DirectSense II smart probes are being introduced by GrayWolf. These cutting-edge air monitoring probes accommodate from two (2) up to eight (8) plug-and-play smart sensors into a single hand-held, desktop or wall-mounted housing. Choose from 25 different indoor air quality, green building, industrial hygiene and HVAC parameters ...

Each year, countless homes and commercial properties are bought and sold across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. While purchasing a home is major decision for anyone, this can be an especially nerve-racking time for first-time homebuyers. First-time homebuyers can be overwhelmed with the process of looking for a home, negotiating a sales price, getting a mortgage, and the home ...

In early November, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the 14th Report on Carcinogens (RoC). The cumulative report now includes 248 listings of agents, substances, mixtures and exposure circumstances that are known or reasonably anticipated to cause cancer in humans. The congressionally mandated document prepared by the National Toxicology Program (NTP) for ...

The two Danish companies; Danish Aerospace Company ApS (DAC) and Aquaporin Space Alliance ApS (ASA) have been tasked by ESA to develop a breadboard model of a water recycling unit for space applications. If successful this could lead to a new type of open water recycling system for future testing on the International Space Station and eventually use on human voyages further out into the Solar ...

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: U.S. Indoor Air Quality Market http://www.reportlinker.com/p0958093/US-Indoor-Air-Quality-Market.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=HVAC INTRODUCTION ...

Newly available nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery packs for GilAir-3 and GilAir-5 air sampling pumps are direct replacements for older nickel-cadmium (NiCad) battery packs. NiMH are environmentally friendly, extend run times, overcome lazy battery and battery memory problems, and are backward compatible using the same chargers*. Nickel-cadmium batteries are the past standard power source to ...

Recently, the Jamaica Observer published an in-depth report about a regional hospital in Montego Bay that has reportedly suffered repeated indoor environmental quality issues for years. According to the article, the Ministry of Health has put together a chronology of sick building issues that have plagued the hospital constructed back in the ...

Leading peristaltic pumps manufacturer, Verderflex, will be at exhibiting at ACHEMA, Frankfurt, Germany on June 15 - 19, 2015, in partnership with its German distributor Verder Deutschland GmbH. Achema is the World’s leading show for ...

Next month, the Certified Industrial Hygienist® spring exam window for successful applicants looking to take their industrial hygiene careers to the next level gets underway. The CIH® exam is administered by the American Board of Industrial ...

The summer months bring increased thunderstorm activity to many regions that can kill or severely injure workers involved in outdoor activities. According to a fact sheet from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in the United States alone, cloud-to-ground lightning occurs 20 to 25 million times each year. Global ...

On Wednesday 14th September 2016, Shawcity hosted the third in their 2016 series of seminars for the occupational hygiene, health and safety and environmental industries. The theme for the event was 'Environmental Organic Gas Analysis - Soil and Water' and the speaker line-up was of the highest calibre, with four PhD-level experts sharing their knowledge on the subject. Delegates ...

Plant monitoring and control is particularly vital in the continuous process industries, where multiple machines must act in harmony day after day and failure of a single machine can lead to massive consequential losses of production. With most machines driven through a rotating shaft, torque monitoring can identify problems before they become critical. Tony Ingham of Sensor Technology considers ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has once again designated January as National Radon Action Month. The EPA reports that radon is the leading cause of lung cancer deaths among nonsmokers in the United States and claims the lives of about 21,000 Americans each year. The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that radon causes between 6% and 15% of lung cancers worldwide. ...

The third generation of the Proline series of flowmeters is "Industry 4.0 ready" - the integrated W-LAN connectivity and comprehensive process and device data offer extensive options for process optimization. Thanks to the HistoROM non-volatile memory module, the new devices prevent data loss and enable the easy exchange of components without the need for reconfiguration. The new Proline is ...

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